September 16, 2021 | BNSF, FRA, Headlines
(Source: Railway Track & Structures, September 15, 2021) NEW YORK — A Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) report says vandalism may have caused the derailment of a BNSF train in Custer, Wash., back in December. The FRA, however, has not cleared BNSF of any...
September 16, 2021 | Headlines, UP
(Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency press release, September 15, 2021) SEATTLE — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has settled an enforcement action with the Union Pacific Railroad for Clean Water Act violations near the Columbia River in...
September 16, 2021 | Amtrak, Headlines
(Source: San Antonio Express-News, September 15, 2021) SAN ANTONIO, Texas — President Biden’s trillion-dollar American Jobs Plan is still chugging through Congress, and includes billions in funding to expand intercity passenger rail. If signed into law, $66...
September 16, 2021 | Headlines, Operation Lifesaver
(Source: Operation Lifesaver press release, September 15, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Operation Lifesaver Inc. (OLI), the national nonprofit rail safety education organization, and its safety partners Operation Lifesaver Canada and the Mexican Association of Railroads...
September 16, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, September 2, 2021) CHICAGO — Railroad retirement benefits are based on months of service and earnings credits. Earnings are creditable, up to certain annual maximums, on the amount of compensation subject to railroad...
